What teachers really want to tell parents.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

What was the disagreement about? I would love to know what SWTXBelle is disagreeing with. Seriously.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

And as to being "stuck" - I've decided that you are determined to misconstrue anything I write, so I'll just bow to the inevitable and say I apologize in 12 different positions for thinking that my 20+ years as a parent and as an educator gave me any special insight to what may have prompted the article or how to improve parent/teacher communication.

Seems like there was a disagreement. To me, anyway.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

The "plight of a teacher" and "it's hard to understand" themes are well-founded but they set a tone that is not conducive to an actual discussion depending on who you are speaking with. Educators want people to work toward understanding and assist where possible but yet some of us (educators) want to insist that there is a struggle and a plight that is so difficult to understand even to the point that when people say "I understand but..." we (educators) respond with "there is no 'but,' you probably don't really understand, even if you do...just end there." We (educators) really can't have it both ways in practice. We (educators) can have it both ways in theory but not in practice.

I agree with you 100%. I rarely ask for people in other professions to understand because the "grass is always greener". I think my mom is a big wig who sits in an office all day and gets the entire 8 hours to complete her work and hardly takes any work home. She would disagree.

When I feel like I need someone to truly understand the day I had at school, I call another teacher.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

(I read and agree with the rest of your post but this is the part that I wanted to respond to. )